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Joseph Swan
Joseph Wilson Swan
British physicist and inventor (1828-1914).
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Statements about
Joseph Swan
Member Of
Royal Institution
Royal Society
Place of Death
Surrey
Date of Birth
10/31/1828
Date of Death
5/27/1914
Instance Of
Human
Place of Birth
Sunderland
Award Received
Fellow of the Royal Society
Legion of Honour
Hughes Medal
(1904)
Point in Time
:
1904
Albert Medal
(1906)
Award Rationale
:
for the important part he took in the invention of the incandescent electric lamp, and for his invention of the carbon process of photographic printing
Point in Time
:
1906
Knight Bachelor
Occupation
Chemist
Physicist
Inventor
Given Name
Joseph
Field of Work
Physics
Chemistry
Family Name
Swan
Country of Citizenship
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Languages Spoken, Written or Signed
English
Sex or Gender
Male
Has Works in the Collection
Tate
Name in Native Language
Joseph Wilson Swan
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Described by Source
Dictionary of National Biography, Third Supplement
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
New International Encyclopedia
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Statement Is Subject Of
:
The New International Encyclopædia/Swan, Joseph Wilson
Statement Is Subject Of
:
Swan, Joseph Wilson
Statement Is Subject Of
:
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson